Gervaise of Bazoches

Gervaise of Bazoches (1070-May 1108) was Prince of Galilee from 1106 to 1108, succeeding Hugh of Saint Omer and preceding Tancred of Bazoches.

Biography
Gervaise of Bazoches was born in 1070, and he served as the lawyer for Mont-Notre-Dame in Picardy, northern France before embarking on the First Crusade. He served as an officer of King Baldwin I of Jerusalem, and in 1106 he was granted the Principality of Galilee after the death of Hugh of Saint Omer in an ambush by the Turks. In May 1108, he was captured by Toghtekin and his Damascene troops along with 280 other crusaders, and Toghtekin wanted Acre, Haifa, and Tiberias in exchange for Gervaise's release. King Baldwin refused, instead offering silver. Toghtekin responded by having Gervaise and his men executed, and Gervaise met the same fate as Hugh of Saint Omer.